Murray

Yep. Sent you a DM earlier.

C/A: Passau Gen 1, some mods - extra foam pads inserted under floaters, extra shoulder caps from Brian's Alite C/A laced in, secondary elbow caps laced in (custom made from Passau) Pants: CCM Blackhawks pro returns, LG How I Wear: C/A strapped snugly, suspenders, pants loose. Laces tied to front loop and clip through back loop, for that super-connected feeling. Issues?: I found I was really bashing my elbows off the ice at times, but @GoalieTimmy33 and the Passau crew made me up some elbow caps - one of the main reasons why Passau is amazing. Every now and then the extra rib protection will ride up over the side of the pants, but it's a quick fix.

You non-tuckers are weird.

gross

Some observations, ideas, conspiracy theories, etc: 1) No break. This one is pretty obvious, and I'd imagine they might still offer a single break for customs. 2) Rounded tops and bottoms on the outer rolls. 3) Thinned out profile on the toe, likely similar on the top of the pad. 4) No more seam above the landing gear on the sliding surface. 5) A new strap location on the glove, near the bottom of the hinge. Some ideas: It looks like Warrior is thinning out the once "beefy" edges on their gear - specifically on the glove and pads. I'm still intrigued by the knee blocks and sliding surface...looks to be a very hard foam/plastic under jenpro, or similar material. Could be a new material with lasered holes for stitching, but that seems like too much labor. I'm very interested to see the physics behind this design, and if it can stay above that point where the contact area becomes too small, and actually increases the coefficient of friction. Furthermore, will this design feature be affected by deteriorating ice conditions? Will the strength of the used determine how well it works - eg) In poorer ice conditions, will a goaltender with lesser strength be able to generate a strong enough push to overcome any increase of friction generated by the potential of a small contact surface? If there's one thing I love Warrior for, it's making me think about these types of scenarios.

Ooooooh. I've been a Reebok/CCM pants guy for a loooong time, but having pants that are likely engineered to work perfectly with my Passau C/A could really sway me.

5'10", 26" CCM, shaft cut down around 4 inches.